[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Gopathabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) › 1.3.8 # Gopathabrahmana 1.3.8 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.8) atha yaḥ purastād aṣṭāv ājyabhāgān vidyān madhyataḥ pañca havirbhāgāḥ ṣaṭ prājāpatyā upariṣṭād aṣṭāv ājyabhāgān vidyāt\_ atha yo gāyatrīṃ hariṇīṃ jyotiṣpakṣāṃ sarvair yajñair yajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokam abhivahantīṃ vidyāt\_ atha yaḥ apaṅktiṃ pañcapadāṃ saptadaśākṣarāṃ sarvair yajñair yajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokam abhivahantīṃ vidyāt tasmai ha niṣkaṃ prayacchann uvācānūcāno ha vai svaidāyanāsi suvarṇaṃ vai suvarṇavide dadāmīti tad upayamya niścakrāma tatrāpavavrāja yatretaro babhūva taṃ ha papraccha kim eṣa gautamasya putra iti\_ eṣa brahmā brahmāputra iti hovāca yad enaṃ kaś cid upavadetota mīmāṃseta ha vā mūrdhā vā asya vipatet prāṇā vainaṃ jahyur iti te mitha eva cikrandeyur viprāpavavraja yatretaro babhūva te prātaḥ samitpāṇaya upodeyur upāyāmo bhavantam iti kim artham iti yān eva no bhavāṃs tān hyaḥ praśnān apṛcchat tān eva no bhavān vyācakṣīteti tatheti tebhya etān praśnān vyācacaṣṭe || 8 || - [Previous: 1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.7) - [Next: 1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.9) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.137) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.6.8) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.8) · Pramāṇa